Check out some of these fun popular DIY costume ideas. &Clint Eastwood and the chair didn't make the top ten list but might be one of my favorites.

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What better costume to wear to a party than as cutthroat pirate - Captain Skullduggery. &Pirates definitey know how to have fun at a party - hopefully yours won't include swashbuckling and walking the plank.

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Get your red, white and blue on with this fun superhero costume. &With this Captain America costume for women, you'll make a splash at the Halloween party.

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This costume should crack up your friends and make you some new friends. &Why not learn a few funny German words to really impress the frauleins.

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Be a superhero with this impressive Batman costume. &You won't even need to worry about working out with the built in muscle chest. &You'll be the center of attention at your Halloween party - just be ready to save the day!

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So many of us wanted to be batgirl when we were little, but maybe didn't get a chance. &Now that you're a grown up, now's your chance with this Adult Batgirl costume. &Enjoy your night of being a superhero!

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Who doesn't love to hate The Joker. &This costume is a classic and will be a favorite go-to costume for years to come. &Pack your bag of tricks and be the life of the party.

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Everyone will know who you are wearing this costume and a bow and arrow. &Catniss from the Hunger Games is a powerful and beautiful character - who wouldn't feel amazing wearing this costume. &

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Let's face it, who doesn't think the CatWoman is awesome. &This high quality Dark Knight Rising Catwoman costume will make you the star of the party. &Admit it, you've always wanted to look and feel like Catwoman - this is your chance!

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Angry Birds is still a hot costume idea for all ages. &This black Angry Birds kids costume will be appreciated by 4 year olds and 60 year olds alike. &Just try not to knock over anything with your costume, especially green pigs.

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This was freshly shared as the first official phot of&Daniel Day-Lewis as President Lincoln.

Spielberg also shared that actors were addressed as their characters on the set of the movie... Cool anecdocte.&

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What better costume to wear to a party than LMFAO's Redfoo. &And don't forget to wear your smiley face undies as well!

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If your son loves the Skylanders video game, he will love this costume. &My six year old plays "Skylanders" during recess (no video game involved) so I know he would be thrilled to dress up like one for Halloween. &Definitely on the short list.

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These amazing costumes are the real thing. &If you'll be in London later this year, don't miss this exhibit!

The curators of a new exhibition that will showcase some of the most memorable outfits from popular films across the ages have managed to track down the long-lost white suit John Travolta made famous in Saturday Night Fever. Film buffs will be able to see the largest ever collection of outfits worn by cinema's most unforgettable characters for the first time at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London later this year. But curator and Hollywood costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis felt it wouldn't be complete with the three-piece polyester suit that saw the character Tony Manero dance his way out of poverty in the hit 1977 film.

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For some, the Olympics Opening Ceremony (this Friday night!) is space filler until we get to the real action. For others its a chance to see a giant variety show performed for the world. Personally, we like it because it’s a fantastic geography lesson. There are always countries we didn’t even know about, strutting through the arena in amazing traditional costumes — or not...

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If you are the type of person who wants to get into the Christmas spirit without going crazy and have to wear the full size Santa suit, this could be a great alternative!

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Zhon "Animal Mortician" artist on DeviantArt&created this amazing&Tauntaun costume. Tautauns were introduced in Star Wars - pretty cool.

Tauntauns were a species of omnivorous reptomammals who were indigenous to the icy planet of Hoth. Tauntauns were commonly used as pack animals during the Rebel Alliance's stay at Hoth. Tauntauns were also used as patrol mounts when it was learned that the Rebel Alliance's own vehicles could not cope with the cold very well.

It's not the first time someone takes a crack at it, check out the video below, it's as close it gets from the movie prop:

Check out the entire tutorial here.

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Exciting!!!

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This is an incredible creation made for&BlizzCon 2011 by cosplayer&Avery Faeth.

The original seed of an idea for this costume was planted on July 27, 2010, and the final touches were placed on October 20, 2011. Of course I managed to squeeze about 175 of the 200 hours I cumulated working on this costume into the last month before BlizzCon -- most costume success stories contain at least a touch of procrastination! My costumes have grown considerably from year to year; but every time I show up at BlizzCon and see all the other amazing costumes out there, I push myself to do bigger and better next time.

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Found on Etsy, an artist created and sold (!) giant beetles in Jurrasic Park costumes. Yes, you should believe it, it did happen.

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This new movie posted released by&Warner Bros. Pictures shows Bane walking away from Batman's broken mask.

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Well you do what you gotta do when you have a low budget!

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A very rare 19th century Tlingit mosquito mask from the Pacific Northwest was sold at auctions in France to a European collector for a shiny penny of $400,000.

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Redditor Liktwo knows what the Internet likes. Namely, Skyrim and bacon. He built a replica Dragonborn helmet entirely from delicious meat, baked it in the oven, and then actually put it on his head. Liktwo estimates that his helm of greasy goodness contained enough bacon to feed 6 to 8 people. And yes, he did eat it when he was done taking photos. Well, I guess that’s one way to level up your smithing skill.

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The Krampus is a character from European Alpine folklore. It stands on two hooves, has horns growing out of its skull and carries a basket to haul away naughty children. For those who get sick of the saccharine season, a good Krampuslauf is just the thing.

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In an initiative organized by water.org, Matt Damon was caught wearing a Santa suit alongside his children on this video.

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Here's Do-Luck, a "clumsy" messenger boy by day who dons armor that will make the bullies hurt themselves without him having to lift a finger.

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Actor Daniel Day-Lewis was spotted in his Abraham Lincoln costume on the movie set in Richmond Virginia. The movie is directed by Steven Spielberg.

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Great Christmas costume ideas:

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Cosplay is catching up worldwide, more and more conferences and shows are taking place, and Moscow (Russia) is not out of the loop.

Warriors, queens, steampunk, Japanese, many cosplay styles were represented during the event.

As reported, J-Fest, a cosplay show, recently took place in Moscow and featured great cosplay as you can see above.

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I posted a few weeks ago about the Diablo 3 costume which was at the time in development.

Today the costume is all done and this is the newest video.

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Liz Vandal, the costume designer for OVO has a special affinity for the world of the insects. Liz has a signature style inspired by futuristic superheroes and by suits of armour from all eras.

[Via CirqueDuSoleil/OVO]

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Define: trekkie "A devoted fan of the television series Star Trek"

What a family portrait!

[Via WinnieMow]

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Ah this is really funny!

Frosty has been going around scary people!

Bad Snowman!

In some cases it did not go so well for the good old Frosty:

Via [TheScarySnowman Youtube Channel]

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Dana from Dana Made It, posted this very detailed tutorial of pilgrim costumes she made for her children. The idea came after seeing a picture from the Martha Stewart's website that made her decide to tackle this project!

The result? Two beautifully well done pilgrim costumes! The tutorial is very detailed, so you should have no problem getting this done.

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Teija Vesterbacka, the wife of Rovio CMO Peter Vester was spotted wearing a fashionable Angry Birds dress. Rovio is the entertainment media company which created Angry Birds.

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The creative, criminally-minded choreographers at Orlando-based “nerdy burlesque” troupe Skill Focus built one of their recent shows around the inmates of Arkham Asylum. Judging by the mugshots, Batman may have captured them and returned them to the loony bin. But judging by the photos of the show, he didn’t get there before a whole lot of clothes came off. Check out some more pics after the jump, and don’t forget to show us your cosplay! Head over to the submit page and send in your best photos.

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Ian Sparke's hobby has been collecting World War one uniforms:

For almost 50 years his passion for the khaki and pageantry of the military has not faded.

And his collection has quite grown!

We'd be guessing and it's a fairly rough but accurate guess I would say that it's certainly over 60,000 items and I'd say it much more than that

This passion has become a business, a fun way to make a living:

Ian Sparke's passion has translated into expertise and is in high demand. He's a costume and production designer who also works as a military advisor.

Advising on movies like Wolverine!

He is also working with his son on his own movie:

The father and son are also planning to make their own World War I feature film ("34th Battalion").

Awesome story. Follow your passion, be patient and it might pay off.

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I was playing with the new Youtube interface this morning and running some searches when i stumbled on a video from one of my favorite shows as a kid, Mr Bean.

In that Christmas episode Mr Bean is very excited about Christmas and in the process of stuffing his turkey, loses is watch inside the turkey. He then goes on to retrieve his precious watch by putting his entire head in the turkey and ends up stuck. It's a hilarious classic scene.

Next thing that comes to my mind is "someone must have made this costume"... so there you go, after some digging, i found a few pictures here, here and here from TOYCON 2010 where this guy attempted successfully to make the costume.

Awesome.

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Alright People, next time you see a person running with a gas mask and some kind of bullet proof vest, don't get alarmed, it's just a guy training!

And I am not kidding.

San Jose police said the suspicious-looking jogger seen fidgeting with a package at a drop-off box was only working out in hard-core, albeit odd-looking, exercise gear. "The guy said he was wearing a cardio mask," said Sgt. Jason Dwyer. "It was his cardio day, and he was trying to lose weight." That's not what a post office customer thought when the man in the weird mask and vest was stuffing a package in a blue mail box about 12:30 p.m. The customer called police, and in a flash, the post office was on lockdown until 4:30 p.m., with 150 employees and customers tucked away in the back.

Seriously? Did this guy NOT think people would freak out or be alarmed?

As you can read in thecomments at Gizmodo, wearing a gas mask helps "to stimulate training at high elevation and the "armor" is nothing more than a weight vest."

"Nothing more"? LOL

How can anyone assume that this guy was training? Not everybody in the US knows about MMA gas mask training!!

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I swear every time i add a new post like this that i must have seen everything possible. But no, something else always tops the previous weird find!

To mark World AIDS day, a condom clad Elvis impersonator takes to the street of Pattaya, Thailand.

This is, i am guessing, a handmade Elvis costume made of condoms. Pretty creative!

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Lady Gaga performed Nov. 30th 2011 at the Grammy nominations dressed up as a fashionable zombie in a custom-made Giorgio Armani black jersey and Swarovski-crystal encrusted body suit and blazer.

Lady gaga received 2 nominations for for album of the year and best pop vocal album for Born This Way.

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Amazing! I had to stop browsing the Bob Basset website as i realized i spent 30mn on it! Each mask is so unique, such an amazing quality and attention to detail, you need to see by yourself.

Bob Basset is workshop of unique, high-quality art pieces made by Petrov and his team from Ukraine.

You can buy some of these creations on eBay for around $650 per mask like this leather horse mask:

if you are a fan of steampunk, be careful, it will be hard to resist the temptation!

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A New Year's Eve tradition takes place in Akita (North of Japan) where local villages get visited by demons called Namahage.

Young children; lazy ones are often the blight of many parents’ existence. For the parents in Japan’s Oga Peninsula, Akita Prefecture in northern Honshu, Japan, there is a solution: the infamous Namahage; where an annual ritual takes place on the 31st of December. Dozens of young single men (traditionally) from various regions in Akita Prefecture, Japan dress like the Namahage demon. Each portrayer adorns an eerie demon mask (various colors depending on region), a straw raincoat and waistband and carries a scary tool made of wood depicting a knife/stick/ various weapon; and a pail. They re-enact the folklore dressed as these demons and march around the village in hopes of scaring prepubescent kids into total parental submission. Going door-to-door, they sweep the village threatening to drag any spoiled disobedient children. As the story goes, a child's lazy spirit (even lazy adults) that is disobedient is dragged into the snow covered mountains away from their parents. Knowing the story very well, upon barging into each home, the young children is immediately frightened by loud roars as they are chased, kids typically scream with agony and fear. This prompts parents to sooth their kids worries of being taken away by the Namahage, letting them know that they’ve been behaving.

We should do this in the US :)

They are called Namahage (生剥), which fittingly comes from the name for the burn you get if you are lazy and spend too much time under the heated tables, the kotatsu, in winter.

[Via TokyoBling]

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